Tag: Bluehole
Review PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Return of the Battle Royale King?
Royale lineage
Republished on Wednesday 26th August 2020: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of September's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. While not the first battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (also known as PUBG to its friends) managed to kick-off a genre land grab in...
News PUBG Season 6 Adds New 64-Player Map and Nukes, Out Now on PS4
"Higher tension, faster pace"
Despite not hearing too much from it anymore, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is still one of the biggest video games in the world. Better yet, those still playing the Battle Royale shooter on PlayStation 4 are invited to take part in Season 6 which adds another map to play on and a whole bunch of other goodies. The...
News PUBG Breaks Down Barriers with PS4-Xbox Cross-Console Play
Winner winner chicken dinner
In this brave new world we’re living in, cross-console play doesn’t seem all that unusual anymore. It’s perhaps no shocker that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – remember that? – will be breaking down barriers and allowing PlayStation 4-to-Xbox One cross-console play in October, then. You’ll be able to test...
News PUBG Celebrates Horizon: Zero Dawn's Second Anniversary with Skins
Total Eclipse of the heart
Horizon: Zero Dawn is fast approaching its second anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is adding a bunch of new content based on Guerrilla Games’ iconic open world game. Starting from 5th March through 5th April, you’ll be able to unlock the following content in Bluehole’s...
News PUBG PS4 Update 1.06 Brings New Vikendi Map Today
Let it snow
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was a little late to the battle royale party on PS4, but the 100-player shooter remains a popular alternative to the likes of Fortnite. The game's latest update takes it to version 1.06, and aside from lots of performance and bug fixes, it comes with a major new addition. Joining the three existing maps in...
News PUBG Trophies Want You to Get Trigger Happy on PS4
Kill or be killed
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds finally arrives on PS4 tomorrow, and with it of course comes a selection of digital trinkets to win. The trophy list for PUBG is now online, and it could be a pretty tricky title to Platinum if you're not much of a fighter. There are 38 trophies in all, and a lot of them concern killing other players...
News PUBG PS4 Lands Exclusive Uncharted, The Last of Us Content
Dress as Drake
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or PUBG as it's better known, has taken its sweet time coming to the PlayStation 4 – but Sony’s system will finally get its first chicken dinner next month. Of course, to make up for the delay, developer Bluehole has prepared some PlayStation-themed goodies for anyone who pre-orders the title. The...
News PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Officially Announced for PS4
Hits next month
And just like that, the inevitable has happened. Just confirmed via PlayStation, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is coming to PlayStation 4 following the game's one year Xbox One console exclusivity. You can watch the trailer above if you don't believe us. Obviously this announcement has been coming -- it feels like the whole thing...
News PUBG PS4 Advertisement Spotted on US PlayStation Store
It's happening
Rumours have been circulating recently about PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds making the jump to PS4. While it always seemed like a pretty safe bet, the mounting evidence has suggested it's coming very soon indeed, and this latest image could mean an announcement is imminent. The above screenshot, taken by Reddit user JDubled, shows...
News PUBG PS4 Evidence Continues to Mount
Suicide Squad content incoming
PUBG, or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is reportedly already in Sony’s servers and ready for release. Reliable analyst Daniel Ahmad suggested this week that the Battle Royale will deploy on the PlayStation 4 in December, and now
Rumour PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Set to Storm PS4 Next Month
Known
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds coming to PlayStation 4 has seemed like an inevitable scenario for a long time, and now there's evidence to suggest that it'll arrive on Sony's system next month. Apparently, the game's already on PlayStation 4 servers, at least to some extent, and in-the-know analyst Daniel Ahmad, also known as
News PUBG Looks Like It's About to Leap to PS4 At Long Last
Rating hints at imminent reveal
After much speculation, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been rated for release on the PlayStation 4 in Korea, potentially ending a long wait for the Battle Royale game on Sony’s system. Bluehole has been open about bringing the blockbuster to the PS4 for some time now, but an exclusivity d
News PS4 Spotted in PUBG Video Leading to Fresh Speculation
Finally jumping in?
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the former Battle Royale sensation that’s had its lunch eaten by Fortnite, is finally finished on the Xbox One – and that’s prompted fresh speculation about a PlayStation 4 port. Stoking the flames further is that in Microsoft’s announcement trailer, Bluehole employees are seen gathered...
News PUBG Corp Withdraws Copyright Lawsuit Against Epic Games and Fortnite
Victory royale
About a month ago, we reported that PUBG Corp, the company behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, had issued a copyright violation lawsuit against the creators of Fortnite, Epic Games. Well, the studio now seems to have suddenly dropped all legal action. PUBG Corp has been making a case against Epic since January 2018, and planned to...
News PUBG Corporation is Taking Epic Games to Court for Copyright Infringement
The real battle royale
Uh oh. PUBG Corporation, the developer of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Epic Games for the similarities between its game and the explosively popular Fortnite. This can only end well. PUBG Corp. is a subsidiary of the Korean games company Bluehole Studio. A representative...
News Action MMORPG Tera Enters Open Beta in March on PS4
Teraiffic
There are quite a few free-to-play MMOs on PlayStation 4 right now, but one that's always caught the eye is Tera, mostly thanks to its promises of totally action-based combat. The good news is that if you've been eager to give it a try, the game's finally hitting Sony's console next month in open beta form. It all kicks off on the...
News PUBG PS4 Planned as Bluehole Targets All Platforms
But focus on Xbox One version first
The will they, won’t they saga regarding a potential PlayStation 4 port of PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds trundles into the New Year, with Chang Han Kim (the CEO of Bluehole's newly established PUBG Corp division) teasing that the company’s “final goal would be to launch the title on every platform”...
News PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Dev Bringing New IP to PS4
No further information available, though
Bluehole, the developer of steam train success PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is working on a new intellectual property for the PlayStation 4. The title – also scheduled to release on the Nintendo Switch – will primarily target the Asian market, although there’s no indication of what it will actually...
News Microsoft Is Trying to Keep PUBG Off PS4 for Longer
Platform holder attempting to delay PlayStation version
Sony is in discussions with Korean developer Bluehole to bring smash hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to the PlayStation 4 – but Microsoft is also trying to delay that version of the game. In what is increasingly becoming a boardroom saga, you should already know that
News PUBG PS4 Discussions Taking Place Between Bluehole and Sony
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds not far away?
Bluehole, the developer of runaway multiplayer success story PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is in active discussions with Sony regarding a PlayStation 4 version of the game. Microsoft recently announced that it would be publishing the Xbox One edition of the title later this year, but it was always...
News PUBG Dev Isn't Too Happy About Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode
As you'd expect
Given the meteoric rise of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it was inevitable that other games would try and emulate its success. On PlayStation 4, where PUBG isn't yet available, we've got the likes of Fortnite's newly introduced Battle Royale mode. By most account
Opinion Is PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Coming to the PS4?
We consider the facts
So then, is PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds coming to the PlayStation 4? Once again, we find ourselves having to work through some corporate double-speak in order to get to the truth – and yes, before someone says it, we’re fully aware that Microsoft is not the only console manufacturer willing to twist the meaning of the...
Gamescom 2017 There's Fresh Confusion Over PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on PS4
Of course there is
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will come to the PlayStation 4 – or will it? If it will, then Microsoft doesn’t want you to think it will: the Redmond manufacturer announced that it will be publishing the console version of the game exclusively on the Xbox One this holiday, though it’s unclear if its ties to the platform are...
